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robroe Bon Jovi Fan Club!!1

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 48959
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:31 pm Post subject: isolating foam for studio monitors ? |
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im looking for like a rubber/foam pad to put my monitors on. when i play my record player it starts humming the second i drop the needle quietly then it gets louder and louder and louder and eventually gives a real low bassy feedback. the vibrations of the monitors are shaking the shit out of the computer desk which the record player is sitting on too.
i searched "foam pad" "isolating foam pad"
and all i get is the shit you stick on your walls to sound proof.
does this kind of thing exist? if so links ?
the monitors came with rubber pads on the bottom but they are mega thin. |
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Bacchus Whatever's handiest

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 20773 Location: wandering
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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I've had good results using just a folded up tea towel (or similar). _________________
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robroe Bon Jovi Fan Club!!1

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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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so thats the best shortscale can come up with ? a fucking towel ?
thanks for the suggestion paul. no thanks to the other thousands of shortscale members who contribute zero to the forum / my problems |
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Shaguar .


Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 406 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Rubber hockey pucks
Blue foam padding used for camping
Cork sheets
Old piece of carpet _________________ No. |
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Bacchus Whatever's handiest

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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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I think the important bit is that you probably don't need to spend money on expensive isolating foam, because that's something that will have been designed for studio use to do a fairly specific job.
There are probably any number of things lying around you that will work fine and can be put together in such a way as to look discrete. Shave your cats, put the hair in sandwich bags. Hey presto: Isolation pads. _________________
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analogsystem .


Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 214 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Get some 1/2" foam in whatever size you want from a specialty store. Google revealed a bunch in Buffalo. It won't be much. Better yet, most of those shops will give you scraps for free. _________________ www.wahwahexitwound.com |
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James Nutmeg

Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 10645 Location: Boxingham Palace
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:53 am Post subject: |
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Put it on top of another monitor. That'd isolate the top one.
Vertical stereo and all that. _________________ Shabba. |
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hotrodperlmutter crescent fresh

Joined: 04 Apr 2009 Posts: 16664 Location: Overland Park, KS, USA
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:02 am Post subject: |
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just use rubber sandals. _________________
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fuck that guy in his bunkhole. |
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ultratwin The 25.5" subversion

Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 6731 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:10 am Post subject: |
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Office-style carpet samples do the trick and are thin enough to stay level just fine. Good stuff.
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